The girl’s swim team has yet another young team. On top of that, size has decreased. Last year the team had 30 swimmers, this year the team has 25. They lost Lauren Thrasher, a State swimmer, as well as six other seniors.

“I believe this year will be a lot like last year,” Coach Chip Crow said. “There is a lot of young ability with all the new swimmers.”

With a new season comes new goals for all the individual swimmers.

“My goals this year are similar to last year’s,” junior Amy Getzlow said. “I want to make it to finals in both the events I swim and just overall improve my times from last year and through out this year.”

The girls won their first meet on Dec. 7 against Hazelwood Central with a score of 102-64. It seems the team’s youth and size hasn’t been a disadvantage.

“I believe we won because we had a little bit stronger of a team,” Coach Beth Phillips said. “We took a lot of first and second place finishes, and that really helps out.”